Crime Podcast: Welcome to the Neighborhood Steam page analysis
View on Steam ↗Capsule 80Page copy 76Screenshots 94Setup 59checked 2026-10-30
Similar games: screenshots 33/255 · 2 trailers · 18 languages
Crime Podcast: Welcome to the NeighborhoodMidnight Archive · 20 tags · 14 screenshotsSection scores weights from methodology v1
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The score measures. The Player Jury puts your capsules in a real-size Steam list in front of 300 genre players. In development, $19 per test.
Fixes, ranked by estimated impact 6 ISSUES
criticalNo demo on a Coming Soon page+5 pts
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lowNo Discord link+5 pts
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lowFewer trailers than similar games+3 pts
1 trailer; similar games have 2.
Add a short gameplay-only trailer.
highLow contrast: shapes merge when small+2 pts
Brightness spread 39 (good capsules sit above 55).
Push value contrast: dark background, bright subject, outlined logo. Check it in grayscale.
How you look on Steam
Measured at 231 × 87: brightness 71/255, contrast 39, colorfulness 79, 15% near-black pixels.
Store copy short 65 · long 93
Short description · 240 / 300Jesse Turner, a 29-year-old employee of an insurance company, moves to a neighboring state after being assigned to a local branch. As he settles into his new place, he encounters unusual events that soon turn his life into a real nightmare.
First sentence never names the genre. It opens: "Jesse Turner, a 29-year-old employee of an insurance company, moves to a neighboring state…"
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Screenshot audit measured brightness, store order
Steam shows 4 to 5 thumbnails before the arrow. Red = near-black (under 30/255), amber = dark (under 45).
First five screenshots vs the games Steam shows next to you average brightness, 0–255
Trailer, tags and setup
- fixNo demo on a Coming Soon page. Next Fest needs one.
- warn1 trailer; the games Steam shows next to you have 2.
- warnTop five tags include Adventure.
- warnNo community links on the page.
- okAll 20 tag slots used.
- ok15 languages.
- ok6 GIFs or clips in the long description.
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1.3% of impressions become visits. Below 2% usually means the capsule doesn't read at small size.
What's working
- ✓ 15 languages
- ✓ All 20 tag slots used
- ✓ 6 GIFs or clips in the description
- ✓ Short description uses 240 of 300 characters
Pricing the score is always free · no account · 5 checks a day
- ✓ Score + 9 sections
- ✓ Measured screenshots
- ✓ Funnel diagnosis
- ✓ Top 4 fixes
- ✓ All fixes, ranked
- ✓ Description draft
- ✓ Screenshot order
- ✓ Tag plan + checklist
- ✓ 300+ genre players
- ✓ Real-size Steam list
- ✓ Written reasons
- ✓ 48 hours
- ✓ Daily re-score
- ✓ Neighbor alerts
- ✓ 1 jury test a month
- ✓ 3 games
Scored with methodology v1. A higher score means a clearer page, not guaranteed sales.